The Marine Steam Engine: A Treatise for the Use of Engineering Students and Officers of the Royal Navy |
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Page vii
... extent . Information has , however , been added relating to the more recent developments of marine engineering , more especially with reference to triple expansion engines and closed stoke - holds with forced draught , which are now ...
... extent . Information has , however , been added relating to the more recent developments of marine engineering , more especially with reference to triple expansion engines and closed stoke - holds with forced draught , which are now ...
Page 2
... extent of their voyages ; so that at the present day we have ships displacing more than 10,000 tons , and capable of being driven at speeds of sixteen to eighteen knots per hour by engines developing more than 10,000 indicated horse ...
... extent of their voyages ; so that at the present day we have ships displacing more than 10,000 tons , and capable of being driven at speeds of sixteen to eighteen knots per hour by engines developing more than 10,000 indicated horse ...
Page 30
... extent to which it may be capable of communicating sensible heat , or heat that may be felt , to other adjacent bodies . When two bodies of different temperatures are placed in contact with each other , it is a well - known fact that ...
... extent to which it may be capable of communicating sensible heat , or heat that may be felt , to other adjacent bodies . When two bodies of different temperatures are placed in contact with each other , it is a well - known fact that ...
Page 36
... condensed steam leaves it , so that the water opposed to the entering steam will have been heated to some extent by its passage through the condenser . 37 CHAPTER IV . APPLICATION OF HEAT TO WATER . 36 THE MARINE STEAM - ENGINE .
... condensed steam leaves it , so that the water opposed to the entering steam will have been heated to some extent by its passage through the condenser . 37 CHAPTER IV . APPLICATION OF HEAT TO WATER . 36 THE MARINE STEAM - ENGINE .
Page 53
... extent at least , by firing evenly and uniformly , disturbing the fires as little as possible , and taking care to burn all the small coal and cinders that may fall into the ashpits . With careless stoking the loss from this cause may ...
... extent at least , by firing evenly and uniformly , disturbing the fires as little as possible , and taking care to burn all the small coal and cinders that may fall into the ashpits . With careless stoking the loss from this cause may ...
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absolute pressure action air-pump angle arrangement atmosphere back pressure bilge blades brass cause centre coal cocks combustion compound engine connected crank crank-shaft curve diameter draught eccentric efficiency evaporation exhaust expansion valve Fahr feed feed-water feet fitted friction funnel furnaces gases gear gun-metal heating surface high-pressure cylinder hot-well hydrometer increased indicated horse-power indicator diagrams iron jacket Kingston valves latent heat length low-pressure cylinders machinery marine boilers marine engines metal motion necessary ordinary orifice paddle-wheel pass pipes piston plates port pounds per square pressure of steam prevent propeller pumps quantity rates of expansion reduced revolutions per minute Royal Navy safety-valves screw screw-propeller sea-water sensible heat shaft ship shown in Fig side slide slide-valve speed square inch steam pressure steam-pipes steel stokeholds stroke suction suitable superheated superheater surface condensers temperature thermal units total heat triple expansion engines tubes vertical weight
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Page 32 - ... the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one pound of water at its maximum density, one degree Fahr., can be made to perform work equal to the raising of 772 Ibs.